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FCC Confirms Plan to Further Downgrade Rural America and Widen Digital Divide
Upgrading to next-generation services, like high-speed broadband, is important and essential to closing the digital divide. While the copper network may be dated, millions of Americans still rely on it to support devices like credit card machines, fax machines, school fire alarms, and medical devices. With this order, the Federal Communications Commission gives carriers the green light to provide consumers with less notice about service changes and less time to respond.
Public Knowledge Supports Petition to Restore Net Neutrality Rules (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 13:45Public Knowledge Submits Amicus Brief in New York v Charter Communications Consumer Deception Case
The state of New York is suing Charter over alleged deceptive statements regarding internet speed. Public Knowledge submitted an amicus brief explaining the importance of broadband to consumers, and how consumers rely on accurate information from their broadband providers to make informed decisions.
Public Knowledge, Groups Urge GSMA to Preserve Consumer Ownership Rights of Mobile Devices (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 12:27Public Knowledge Responds to Report of Possible AT&T-Verizon Collusion (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:16
Securing the Modern Economy: Transforming Cybersecurity Through Sustainability
Constant cyber hacks and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have unfortunately become the new normal in today’s internet-connected society. The unrelenting onslaught has significantly eroded consumer trust in the broad ecosystem of information and communications technologies (ICTs).
Will Europe Force the US to Move Faster on Privacy Reform?
On April 12th, the Irish High Court elevated a series of questions to the European Court of Justice (ECJ, the Supreme Court of the European Union) regarding the validity of key legal instruments used by American tech companies to process Europeans’ personal data. Judge Caroline Costello of the Irish High Court is concerned about the national surveillance practices of the United States and the level of privacy rights observed there.
Public Knowledge Applauds FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn for Championing Consumers, Fairness (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 15:04House Commerce Takes on Paid Prioritization, an Essential Tenet to the Open Internet
[Commentary] On April 17, the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on paid prioritization -- an issue that is central to the net neutrality debate. While most internet service providers (ISPs) have claimed that they have no plans to block or degrade traffic once the Federal Communications Commission's 2017 net neutrality repeal Order goes into effect (exactly when that will be remains TBD), commitments (or lack thereof) not to engage in paid prioritization have remained a moving target.